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maxsolomon

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21. Spite is when you hurt yourself to hurt another.

Reply to malaise (Reply #12)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 12:51 PM

Aug 2018

They don't care that they're lowlifes and mobsters because they know it makes US unhappy, which is more important to them.

When the Truth comes out, they won't listen. They want to stay asleep. Aversion, self-centered fear, all that Buddha shit.

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Someone needs to explain to me how this bunch of mobsters, crooks and low-life cretins [View all] malaise Aug 2018 OP

Part of it is here: elleng Aug 2018 #1

We need to move in a more progressive direction, the Country needs and wants it. Meadowoak Aug 2018 #3

Right. elleng Aug 2018 #4

I agree re policy failures, but why would they believe anything from proven crooks malaise Aug 2018 #7

He Dave in VA Aug 2018 #2

Ding Ding Ding!!! 2naSalit Aug 2018 #17

I second those dings! peggysue2 Aug 2018 #35

Yup. ismnotwasm Aug 2018 #18

not to mention NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #34

I ask myself that question every day .... CatMor Aug 2018 #5

Precisely malaise Aug 2018 #8

Thats the surprising thing to me tulipsandroses Aug 2018 #6

Clearly you know the monster malaise Aug 2018 #10

Republican boy scouts like McCain, Romney, and Comey are a dying breed maxsolomon Aug 2018 #11

I think you're right malaise Aug 2018 #14

The Internet is poisonous - and the GOP has used it as such maxsolomon Aug 2018 #20

Romney has sold his soul exboyfil Aug 2018 #29

1, they conned the Republican voters maxsolomon Aug 2018 #9

Unless we find out the truth I will go to my grave still in a state of malaise Aug 2018 #12

Spite is when you hurt yourself to hurt another. maxsolomon Aug 2018 #21

Look at right wing twitter. Calling these people deplorable is being extremely diplomatic. onecaliberal Aug 2018 #13

So the Internet and social media facilitated the spread malaise Aug 2018 #15

No question. I blocked so many trolls during the 2016 primary. Not knowing they were Russian. onecaliberal Aug 2018 #16

I think there are a lot of moving parts that set the stage. Including the media not doing its job tulipsandroses Aug 2018 #19

Because voters are separated into media bubbles (well, GOP voters are) maxsolomon Aug 2018 #22

I agree with you that people are separated into their own media bubbles tulipsandroses Aug 2018 #24

so, you mean TV when you mean "The Media". maxsolomon Aug 2018 #25

Yes, I was mostly thinking about tv coverage. I think most people get their info from internet/tv tulipsandroses Aug 2018 #36

"Deplorables" meant the alt-rightists backing him. maxsolomon Aug 2018 #37

It is because people don't vote. KWR65 Aug 2018 #23

Russia and USA oligarchs picked this one destructive pretend person to wreck the country lark Aug 2018 #26

They had powerful help from Russia. n/t TygrBright Aug 2018 #27

Fox News tavernier Aug 2018 #28

+1000 When lies are allowed to go unchallenged on mass media, manipulation thrives! The Wielding Truth Aug 2018 #33

Law enforcement and intel failures, Mc Mike Aug 2018 #30

Don't forget!!! BlueJac Aug 2018 #31

Right wing media C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #32